Daily Weather Report
Fair Tonight and Saturday.
Highest temp, yesterday ,;....14
Lowest temp, lust night , 43
vol. vn.
HOHEltUItG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OISKCOX, FRIDAY, A PHIL 7, 11)10.
No. 8&
WILL PURSUE
VILLA UNTIL
CAPTURED
Remarks of Consul Garcia Not
to be Heeded.
BANDIT SAID TO HAVE BIG FOLLOWING
Is . Determined to Slake a Stand
Against American Column
' Which is Hut Short Dis
tance From Bandit.
WASHINGTON, April 7. Cate
gorical denial by Secretary Lansing
late yesterday of the official answer
to persistent reports that the Ameri
can troops might bo withdrawn
from Mexico shortly regardless of de
velopments In tbe hunt for Villa.
Botii Mr. Lansing and Secretary
Baker of the war department indi
cated that there was no present In
tentionof changing the original or
ders given General Funston.,
Consul's Words Passed Over.
Official comment was refused re
garding statements credited to Con
sul Garcia of the de facto govern
ment at El Paso that the punitive ex
pedition had accomplished Its ends
in dispersing the outlaws and that
he would be glad to see it with
drawn. The matter was given scant con
sideration by officials, who appar
ently deemed it an unauthorized I
statement by the consul.
Traiiiload of Supplies Sliipjiod.
News from the border that a train
load of supplies, shipped by private
firms, had left Juarez for Casas
Grandes and Pearson, where they
will be available to General Per
shing, caused satisfaction here. Al
though the army authorities were not
the actual shippers, It was believed
the practical result would be the
same.
Even without further action or
by concessions from Carranza, such
use of the railways, some officials
think, may meet the needs of the
!nited States without causing em
barrassment to the de facto govern
ment. Villa Him 2X More Men.
EL PASO, April 7. Villa has
Withered two thousand men at Par
ral, and is determined to Btand
against the Americans, the Mexicans
informed General Bell today. The
column under Dodd Is reported as
approaching Parral. The size of the
Villista force surprised the officials.
The Villlstas are believed to bo poor
ly mounted, and are frequently com
pelled to halt ana. rest A . .CaTran
iTtagafFnio'h. lsiiijposed id "be at
Parral, where a number of foreign
ers remained and fear Is felt for
their safety.
Third Fijtlit Takes i'lacc.
WASHINGTON. April 7. Tile
Americans and Villistas fought their
third engagement on Tuesday, the
war department announced. Co-operating
with the Carranzistas, the
Americans killed ten and captured
two. The battle occurred at Ciene
gvilla. The mes5N?c also confirmed
the reports of the fight at Aguas
fallen tes on Saturday.
I nlto Force Wit.i Mexicans.
SAN AN TONIO. April 7. Letcher
reported that Funston and several
thousand CarranzlstaB are congregat
ed at strategic points south of Cate-
vo to Intercept Villa, who Is passing
Cieneguil.a today. Villa had two
hundred men. Guiterrez declared
that Gavazos haj routed fifty Villls
tas there. An aeroplane Is scouting
over Cushluiraclc, where a big
American column arrived on Wed
nesday. Soldiers In Mexico arc Broke.
SAN ANTONIO. April 7. Colonel
Brown, commanding a detachment
of the expedition went broke at
Cuyihulrachlc, and asked the tele
graph operator to send a collect
message to San Antonio, asking for
money. The operator said "noth
ing doing," and z mounted courier
v ent to Letcher at Chihuahin, to ask
for money with which to buy meuls
for the soldiers.
NKUNElt VISITS GLEN DALE
District Attorney George Keuner
came down from Roseburg Monduy
and spent the day meeting many of
his old friends here. He is a candi
date for the republican nomination
of district attorney for Douglas coun
ty, and is now serving the unex
pired term of George M. Brown. In
this capacity Mr. Neuner has been
very diligent anl be has proven bis
ability by winning bis cases, which
should be all that any voter could
ask for. By delving into the evidence
of alleged crimes brought to the no
tice of the grand jury, and passing
on the merits of the case, he has
saved the county considerable mon
ey. It is upon his past clean rec
ord that Mr. Neuner asks for the
republican nomination May 19.
BIG DROP OF WHEAT
OVER LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, April 7. A re
duction of 24 per cent In the price of
winter wheat, as compared with a
year ago, is indicated by the report
of tne department of agriculture.
The average condition of winter
wheat in Oregon on Saturday, was
95, Washington 85, Idaho 94. A
small production' of 493,000,000
bushels g forecasted. The faT"west
ern sections showed tbe best results.
PLANS ARE MADE
TO GREET KENDALL
Word has been received that S. A.
Kendall will arrive In Roseburg on
train No. 53, at 8:15 Monday ev
ening, and already plans are on foot
to give him a rousing reception
when he comes. The Roseburg
Juvenile Band, and perhaps the
Hoscburg Concert Band will meet Tnfi
train, and nearly a hundred citizens
have volunteered the services of
their automobiles for an impromptu
parade In honor of the occasion.
The ladies are particularly Invited
to attend and places for them will
be reserved in autos as far as pos
sible. The reception has no signif
icance except to assure Mr. Kendall
of the kindly feeling which the citi
zens of this city have for him, and
to express the hope that in some way
an adjustment of the dlfefrences be
tween the contracting parties will be
found, to the end that Roseburg
may have a railroad to the timber
belt, big saw mills, factories, pay
rojlsnd, general prosperity. .-
"Afl are invited to Join In this dem
onstration, wbich has Its inception
among no particular organization oi
body of men, but from the citizens
in general, who are anxious to see a
settlement of tbe problem which has
vexed this city for over a year. Many
among duiose who are responsible for
this reception have been numbered
among those who were opposed to
the former proposition ' made and
entered into by the city, but who now
hope to see the whole population
united on some new measure, which
will forever bury the antagonism and
ill-feeling which has heretofore balk
ed the completion of the railroad and
saw mill measure, and will carry
Roseburg forward on the crest of a
wave of prosperity greater than she
has ever experienced.
All who wfll give the services of
their automobile for Monday even
ing are requested to communicate
with Mr. Henry Harth, who Is list
lng cars for this purpose, and every
loyal citizen of this city Is Invited
to be at the depot on that occasion
to assure Mr. Kendall that they are
anxious to see this matter adjusted
on a basis which will be acceptable
to bis associates and will at the same
time conserve the Interests of the
city of Roseburg. No matter what
your position on the question was be
fore, let's forget it all, and start on
n new He! th's time, and try nmi
make 19 IS the banner year for Roae-
Lirf and the Uipqua Vaiity.
GERMANS MAK
E
Surrender of Harcourt Im
perils Many Positions.
RUSSIAN ARMY GAINS OVER TURKS
Tlte HrenJdng up of The Ice Makes
The HimuIk a Sea of Mud
uiitl Moving TrMid
is Difficult.
LONDON, April 7. The surrend
er of Harcourt has Imperiled the
French positions around Bethin
court, which the Germans heavily
bombarded last night. The Ger
mans are evidently preparing for a
terrific smash on Bethincourt. Only
the brilliant defense saved the city
on Wednesday. Although it is in
creasingly probably that the French
will be forced to withdraw toward
Esnes, no alarm Is felt regarding
Verdun Itself. Severe ' fighting Is
reported at St. Elio, where the Ger
mans are heavily attacking the Brit
ish, and the Canadian troops are in
the thick of the battle.
Iluswinns on the Offensive.
PETROGRAD, April 7. The Rus
sian troops are approaching Trebiz
ond from the east and south is an
nounced, and the Turks have been
ejected from all their fortified posi
tions southward. A Russian subma
rine has destroyed a Turkish steam
er and eleven wind jammers in the
Black Sea. The destruction of a
German airship southeast of Dvlnsk
and the capture of Svetlavtzo, In
Galicia is claimed, nlso that the Aus
trian attempts to .retake the village
have been repulsed.
The Germans last night captured
a section of the French trenches on
the Bethincourt-Chattincourt high
way, Paris admitted, counter attacks,
however, partly ejected them, and
the French made small gaTiiB south
east of Douaumont.
Official Report From Pctrogrnd.
PETROGRAD, April 6. via Lon
don April 7. The official report
from hcadqjuarters Issued . today
says:
"On the Dvina front enemy avia
tors have been very active and have
dYopped many bombs. The break
ing up of the Ice continues and the
marshes are thawing, the muddy
roads rendering troop movomonts Im
practicable. "Lively artillery duels have oc
curred In several sectors In the Jac-obstndt-Dvlnsk
region.
"Our aircrafe made several suc-
cessfuLTBlds.- t-lH.the-rxglou -ou4Ji
west of Dvlnsk, Aviator Lieutenant
Brbass brought down a dirglble
which fell Inside the enemy's Hues.
FRESH GAINS
NEAR VERDUN
I
BRINGS GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS THROUGH
The
The naval collier Mars, the largest boat which has ever navigated the Potomac river as far as the Washing
ton navy yard, has just arrived with the greater part of the government's exhibits from the I'anama-l'acilic ex
position; She left San Francisco January 8 and came by wv oi Lbs i'iuuuna tmn-L
South of Dvlnsk region the hostile
artillery developed a violent tire in
the region of Vldsy, north of Lake
Miadziol, as well as in the region
between Lakes Miadziol ai Narocc.
"Aeroplanes flew over a great part
of General Everett'B front dropping
many bombs.
"In the upper Strlpa region our
scouts dispersed enemy working par
ties, wrecking trenches which were
under construction. i
"During the occupation bf Sverjk
ovce village, we unearthed 42 land
mines and seized many cartridges,
riles and hand grenades. Yesterday
the enemy tried to recapture the
village, but was repulsed.
"In the Black sea our submarines
sank near the Bosphorus a steamer
which was being escorted by a torpe
do boat of the Millet type anl de
stroyed 11 sailing ships laden with
coal. One of our ships of the lino
bombarded at long range the cruiser
Breslau, which rapidly withdrew.
"On the Cauci. an front in the
coast region the iTurks again at
tempted to attuck us, but all their
attempts failed.
"In the region of the upper Tcho
ruk our forces progressed westward
dislodging Turks from positions
which they had occupied.
NEW STATIONS
The rapidity with which stations
spring up along a newly construct
ed railroad is shown by the list of
stations on the road between Eu
gene and Marshfleld. In a stretch
of 122 miles through what Is term
ed (undeveloped country there are
over 5 stations, averaging a stop
ping place every 2.8 miles. Many
of these are only flag stations, but
go to show how quickly land Is ten
nantedifter a means of communi
cation is offered.
It was stated this morning from
the local ticket office that the open
ing day showed a large number of
ticket sules to passengers to the
newly opened community. Commer
cial travelers especially were anx
iously waiting the opening and over
a dozen made the trip to Marshfleld
on the first train. The schedule of
rntes havo been received at-t muny
Inquiries are being made by tbose
who Intend to visit the coast during
the summer either on business or
Vacation trips.
BORN To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L.
Russell. Friday, April 7, 1916, a
1 1 ',4-iioinHl son, Ralph L., Jr.
collier Mars at the Washington nary
FIGHT BETWEEN
HUGHES
AND
ROOSEVELT
Many Will Vote For Former
to Defeat the Colonel.
"AMERICA FIRST" RE SLOGAN CAMPAIGN
Preparedness to Ho Strong Plank In
Platform and No "Pussy
footing" Will Bo Allowed
Or IiKfnlgvd In.
WASHINGTON, April 7. Cloak
room talk at tho capital. Indicated
that the republican presidential
nomination fight was between Roose
velt and Hughes.
Senators Warren, Curtis Nelson
smA Gnlllnger are openly for Hughes.
Polndexter said that a dozen men
who at heart have no use for Hughes
said they were for him. Seeing the
trend towards Roosevelt, they are
willing to do anything to beat him.
Penrose is believed to be likely to
declare himself for Roosevelt soon.
May Try for Delegates.
Politicians speculaed on the pos
sibility of Roosevelt now re-conld-erlng
his refusal to enter the presi
dential primaries. It was thought
possible that the colonel's support
ers might try to land delegations
from several states, around which to
rally the unlnstructed delegates.
Discussion of Roosevelt's state
ment to Oyster Hay callers was link
ed with comment on the now fam
ous Root-Roosevelt-Bacon luncheon
In New York. Politicians hinted
thaf tho latest developments prove
former Senator Root and Colonel
Roosevelt bad smoothed over tholr
differences.
Bofore the Colonel's statement
was permittel to leak out, , his
friends in the far west and middle
west told him that those Bectlons
would support a candidate taking a
doclHlve stand on foreign policies.
This probably led him to doclare
that he would not "pussy-foot" on
any Issue ho had raised.
"Don't you nominate me," he snld
to his visitors, "unless you are pro
pared to take the position thnt Un
do Sum Is to be strong ctfough to
defend his rights, and to dufend ev
ery one of his people, whorcvor those
people are, and he can't be strong
enough unless ho prepared In ad
vance. Is Not for War.
"I am not for war. On tht con
trary I abhor ah unjust or wanton
war and I would use every honor-,
able expedient to avoid even a. Just
war. Hut I feel that you don't, In
the long run, avoid war by making
other people believe that you are
THE PANAMA CANAL
yard.
t
afraid to fight for your own rights."
Comments Are Interetitliig.
WASHINGTON, April 7. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's pronounce
ment on the terms upon which he la
willing to become a candidate for
president was the chief political top
ic discussed In Washington. It Is be
lieved that President Wilson will an
swer some of the issues raised at a
dinner at the common council club
hero April 10. Tho Roosevolt an
nouncement Is expected to result In
an early lining up of the delegates to
tho Chicago convention.
Leading Democrats expressed bo
' 1-j t Roosevelt's nomination by
the Repuollcans is probable. Follow
ing are some of the comments:
Senator Stone "Roosevelt's an
nouncement of his candidacy does
not surprise mo. It begins to look
as If the Republicans would nomin
ate him."
House Majority Leader Kichlu
"I am glad to see the colonel's hat
In the ring. 1 favor Ma nomination
by the Republicans. He is sure to
win for the Democrats.
Sanator Norrla,, Progressive .Re
publican of Nebraska "Everyone
has known Mr. Roosevolt would be
a candidate. His advocacy of pre
paredness will lose him strength."
Senator Page, old line Republi
can, Vermont "I prefer Hughes,
but can support Roosevelt. Roose
velt Is strong up our way, but a
great many of his old friends will not
support him. He Is an aggressive
candidate, however."
OHIO MAN CHOSEN
CHICAGO, April 7. The commit
tee on arrangements unanimously
selected Senator Warren Harding, of
Ohio, as temporary chairman of the
republican national convention here
next June.' It Is believed that Hard
ing is acceptable to the conserva
tive and progressive elements. Some
considered htm to be a compromise
chairman to conciliate Roosevelt. He
will deliver the keynote apoech.
Chairman Hilles Bald that the an
nouncement by Roosevolt of his can
didacy was not mentioned at the
short meeting of the dommlttoe pre
ceding the selection or Harding, and
he would not make any comments
on the Roosovelt candidacy, Will
iams, of Oregon, said the only sur
prise In connection with the Roose
velt announcement was Its mildness.
FEAR HEAVY LOSS
ON LINER SIMLA
LONDON, April 7. It Is feared to
day that heavy losses occurred with,
the sinking " of " Vhe liner "Simla, ' In
the Mediterranean. Recent advices
from Athens reporting the sinking of
an allied transport, Is believed to
have referred to tho Simla. The ad
miralty mudc no statement.
Lloyds stated that eleven Asiatic
Rullurs perished In the sinking of
thu Simla, the others being saved.
NAVAL IIIKGIIlLK HAS III'X AWAV
PKNRACOLA, April 7. Tho huge
r.lRar shaped dirglble hero belonging
lo tho nav?l aeronautical stallon, es
caped today, and a light breoza car
tied It Inland whore It was soon" let
to slfc'lit. It will float InderinltiVy at
nun I ho mm nil feet altitude. On nc
rount of a limited traveling rudlun,
'iio aeroplanes cannot follow It and
tow it home.
AXOTIILIl WO.MA.V IS
KXIA VTKU IS 11IXGIIM
AMSTKRDAM, April 7. Madame
Petit, a Belgian, was executed by or
der of a courtmartlal, the Echo
Beige declared. She was accused of
treason.
tHIXHKH IMMJVlXrK HWKIIK.H.
LONDON. April 7. A Reutor dis
patch declnrod that tho province of
Kwangtung has declared Its Inde
pendence of the Yuan Shlkal government.